ADVICE , BUT NO RUDE COMMENTS !!

I am currently 10w 2d pregnant with baby #2. I currently smoke cigarettes , no I am not proud of it and that's why I want to quit. I was told the quitting cold turkey could cause miscarriage. However I do want to quit or cut back as much as possible. Anyone have the same problem and how did you quit or cut back drastically? Thank you.

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I dont have any experience, OP, but I hope you are able to quit soon. I watched my mom struggle to quit with my youngest sister and I remember how awful it was for her. She had to wean herself off them. I think she talked to her doctor about it to help.

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I dont have any experience, OP, but I hope you are able to quit soon. I watch...

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08/21/2018

I dont have any experience, OP, but I hope you are able to quit soon. I watched my mom struggle to quit with my youngest sister and I remember how awful it was for her. She had to wean herself off them. I think she talked to her doctor about it to help.

Thank you. I hope I am able to find a way to quit or to cut back drastically.

The power of your mind is crazy. I was a smoker until the second I found out I was pregnant. I just kept telling myself repeatedly things like “if I can’t do this one task for the well being of my baby what the fuck will I be able to do in life”

“Don’t be a piece of shit and harm your baby”...and it worked! The first week I felt like absolute crap, but started feeling better a week later. You can do this mama!!

I was a smoker when I first got pregnant with my son, I stopped cold turkey as soon as I found out I was pregnant! I had complications towards the end of pregnancy.
High blood pressure and pre eclampsia starting at 29 weeks and had to delivery him at 35 weeks via emergency c section because I actually developed eclampsia.

But he was born perfect! Didn’t need to stay in NICU, was born with 6lbs and 8 oz and 19 inches.

I work in a head and neck cancer unit and I'm also an ncsct accredited stop smoking counsellor. I'm not going to judge you, because stopping smoking is hard. Yes it's for your baby, but people forget that nicotine addiction is a hard habit to break. My advice is to speak to a stop smoking practitioner. Go to groups, support is key. Tell friends you're quitting, and ask them not to smoke around you. Pick your choice of nicotine replacement, and keep at it. Combination treatment is best. So two forms of NRT is better than just one. Take up a hobby. Most importantly, don't be disheartened if you have a slip up (they happen...you're only human), pick yourself up, dust yourself off. Remind yourself it's not a sprint it's a marathon and you can do it.

Thank you guys for the advice and not any negative comments. I go to my OB tomorrow , I was thinking of asking if they could help with a alternative for smoking cause I really do want to quit for my baby , I just want to make sure since I'm already 10 weeks if quitting cold Turkey could cause miscarriage (I know smoking while pregnant could cause that or bad things for my baby) I just want to do it the safest way if that makes since?

Can u try an e cig or a vape when u have a craving? You could wean off nicotine that way? I smoked e cigs after real cigs and then once I got pregnant I stopped e cigs cold turkey bc in my mind I made myself get sick if I had one. I still crave my e cig every day but I havent had a single puff bc of the mind over matter trick. Good luck!!

This is going to sound weird but pick times to smoke. When I found out I was pregnant I said that I would smoke at 9 am, 2:30 PM and 10 PM. I've since gone down to 2 PM and 10 PM. Pretty soon I am going to cut it down to just 2pm. And then none. It's working for me.

This is going to sound weird but pick times to smoke. When I found out I was ...

Posted
08/21/2018

This is going to sound weird but pick times to smoke. When I found out I was pregnant I said that I would smoke at 9 am, 2:30 PM and 10 PM. I've since gone down to 2 PM and 10 PM. Pretty soon I am going to cut it down to just 2pm. And then none. It's working for me.

I haven't thought about that one , I'm going to try that one!thank you !!

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